The Daily Signal

COVID-19 Shut Down the SAT and ACT, but Not the Classic Learning Test

Jude Schwalbach is a research associate and project coordinator in education policy at The Heritage Foundation. COVID-19 has disrupted student life across the nation, closing schools and leading to ...
Education Week

What Is the Classic Learning Test, and Why Is It Popular With Conservatives?

In a college-entrance-exam landscape long dominated by the SAT and the ACT, a relative newcomer has started to gain traction—especially in red states. The Classic Learning Test, first unveiled a ...
Iowa City Press-Citizen

Iowa Board of Regents report recommends keeping Classic Learning Test out of college admissions

A draft report to the Iowa Board of Regents recommends excluding from state universities’ admissions formula a standardized test used mostly by home-schooled or private school students. The report ...
Orlando Sentinel

Florida adds ‘classical’ test for students seeking Bright Futures

Florida high school students will have another college admissions test they can take to qualify for the state’s Bright Futures scholarship program, with the new Classic Learning Test now an option in ...
The Gazette

Regent questions criticism of ‘Classic Learning Test’ as alternative to ACT, SAT

Iowa Board of Regents members, from left, David Barker, Greta Rouse and Nancy Boettger listen June 2, 2022, to a presentation while meeting at the University of Iowa. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette) Buy ...
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What to know about the Classical Learning Test, the conservative alternative to the ACT

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana Illuminator) - Louisiana students can now qualify for the TOPS scholarship by taking a conservative alternative to ACT and the SAT exams, but it is not currently accepted ...
New Orleans City Business

Louisiana students might qualify for TOPS with conservative-backed ACT alternative

Louisiana high school students might soon be able to take a conservative alternative to the ACT exam to qualify for the state’s popular college scholarship program. State lawmakers quietly approved an ...
NPR

What to know about Florida's 'classic' alternative to the SAT

Students applying to Florida's state universities will now be able to submit exam scores from a conservative and Christian-backed alternative to the SAT and ACT, known as the Classic Learning Test.
The New York Times

Here’s What It’s Like to Take the Classic Learning Test

Florida’s public university system is expected to approve the Classic Learning Test for college admissions. An alternative to the SAT or ACT it is known for its emphasis on the Western canon and ...
Education Week

Why Personalized Learning Works in Some Schools, But Not in Others. What Test Scores Say

Personalizing learning to students individual academic strengths and weaknesses and personal interests was hard to do during the pandemic, especially in remote or hybrid learning environments. Social ...
The Daily Signal

Bill Introduced Requiring Service Academies Accept Classic Learning Test

Jacob Adams is a journalism fellow at The Daily Signal. Send an email to Jacob. Rep. Mary Miller, R-Ill., has introduced legislation in the House of Representatives to mandate that U.S. service ...